Return iTunes Selection

gistfile1.scpt

(*
  Return the quoted paths of the currently selected tracks in iTunes
  Returns error if iTunes is not running
  Call from command line with 'osascript -e itunes_selection.scpt'
*)

on run
	tell application "System Events"
		if (name of processes) contains "iTunes" is false then
			return "Error: iTunes is not running"
		end if
	end tell
	set paths to {}
	tell application "iTunes"
		set sel_list to selection of window 1
		repeat with i from 1 to (number of items of sel_list)
			set sel to (item i of sel_list)
			set ppath to POSIX path of file (location of sel as string)
			set paths to paths & quoted form of ppath
		end repeat
	end tell
	set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ASCII character 10
	paths as text
end run